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23/06/2026

Have you used our award-winning Creative Climate Tools to report your environmental data?

NPOs and IPSOs only have until this Friday 26 June to submit your Arts Council England environmental data and stories to us via the tools.

By reporting your carbon footprint & reviewing your impact Beyond Carbon, you join a growing creative climate movement contributing to a collective understanding of culture’s important role in climate action.

Every organisation that submits data will receive the new tools badge to use on your website, socials & emails to celebrate your action! We’ll share the tools badge with you once the reporting window has closed on Friday.

Need some last minute support with your reporting? We have lots of guides, articles and other handy resources to help you input the right data and take action. Take a look >> https://tinyurl.com/5fw7huaz

23/06/2026

Our world is on fire – so why does the fossil fuel industry continue its expansion in the name of profit?

This Saturday as part of , join us for a powerful and timely conversation with leading artists and activists on the urgent role culture has to play in building a just fossil fuel phase-out.

⚡ Don’t miss out - reserve your free ticket now to hear and explore this urgent issue at on Saturday 27 June, 5-7pm

🎟️ Tickets via link in bio

16/06/2026

Meet our speakers!

On Saturday 27 June at Somerset House, as part of London Climate Action Week, join us for a free in-depth panel discussion exploring how the arts can support an urgent transition away from fossil fuels and how principles of climate justice must shape that shift.

Our world is on fire while the fossil fuel industry continues its expansion in the name of profit. So how can global cultural movements help end the reliance on fossil fuels fast and equitably?

We’ll be joined by:

🌱 Kumi Naidoo - Human rights and environmental justice activist, President of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative and Co-Founder of Global Artivism

🌱 Zamzam Ibrahim - Climate justice activist, UN Advisor and Co-founder of Somalis for Sustainability and Students Organising Sustainability

🌱 Chris Garrard - Art activist and Co-founder & Co-director of Culture Unstained

🌱 Dominique Palmer - Climate communicator, writer, creator, Trustee of Climate Live and Founding Member of the Youth Climate Justice Fund

Our panel will be chaired by our Head of Programmes Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso.

Join us for this urgent conversation and help put culture at the heart of climate action!

Culture’s Role in a Justice-Led Fossil Fuel Phase-Out
📅 Sat 27 June, 17:00 - 19:00
📍Somerset House
🎟️ Book your free tickets >> https://tinyurl.com/yfc475d6

12/06/2026

CASE STUDY: SALÓN ACME 2026 in Mexico was a celebration of art, community and sustainability.

Our Cultura Circular programme supported the art platform in advancing their climate action while combining art with community engagement to create a powerful catalyst for change. As a result, close to 20,000 people took part, and 90% of participating artists adopted more sustainable practices through the recent edition.

Explore the full case study >> https://tinyurl.com/d4t2jsdu

Cultura Circular was a capacity-building programme for arts and culture festivals across Latin America and the Caribbean, delivered by our team at JB with support from British Council Americas.

10/06/2026

We’re excited to announce we're hosting two public events during London Climate Action Week 2026.

One exploring place-based climate adaptation on Fri 26 June >> https://tinyurl.com/4jbm8nj5

And another exploring climate justice on Sat 27 June >> https://tinyurl.com/ekbhts7s

Join us and help put culture and creativity at the heart of climate action!

05/06/2026

Heritage is asking for your help, will you respond? Join Heritage Adapts!, the global campaign of local stewards uniting to take adaptation action to protect their heritage sites and cultural practices from climate change by 2030.

✅ Take the collective pledge to adapt.

🌍 Join the community of action for support including:

🗺️ A self-paced roadmap through every stage of locally led adaptation, making adaptation accessible, no matter your starting point.

🤝 A peer network connecting you with others on frontlines to learn from one another, because the best advice comes from those who live it.

📊 Localised climate data complemented by training, so you can stay in control and weave scientific data with the knowledge your community already holds.

Heritage is not just a victim of climate change—it is part of the solution, a source of community resilience and time-tested solutions relevant today. Your work matters. This campaign supports it.

Take the pledge. Join the community. Start adapting today >>

https://act.heritageadapts.org/

💚 JB is a proud Heritage Adapts! Founding Leadership Partner

04/06/2026

🌍International touring can be meaningful, sustainable, and deeply connected. Want to explore it further?

Applications are now open for the fifth year of the International Touring & Environmental Responsibility (ITER) programme >> https://tinyurl.com/2jmbuazd

The ITER programme supports performing arts orgs & individuals in England, Scotland, Denmark & Norway to develop sustainable approaches to international touring.

This year's ITER programme is split into two levels:

🌱Pathfinders – for those new to sustainable touring
🌱Changemakers – for those ready to deepen their touring practice & explore leadership in this area.

Both programmes are delivered online, creating an interactive space for learning & networking.

ITER is initiated & financed by Arts Council England, the Danish Arts Foundation, Arts Council Norway & Creative Scotland, designed & delivered by us at JB in collaboration with In Futurum.

📅 Apply by 1 Sep

📷 credit: Threshold by Mechanimal. Costume design by Natasha Soonchild. Image by Tom Bailey.

03/06/2026

Here at JB we’ve been thinking about how AI shows up not only in our day-to-day work, but also in the work of the artists and organisations we collaborate with. Rather than viewing it as an unstoppable technology over which we have no control, we’ve been drawing inspiration from projects that imagine otherwise and develop approached to AI that are both ethical and ecologically sound.

We've decided to introduce a blog series on the topic to share our discoveries. We'll be exploring the environmental and ethical concerns arising from the use of this technology, how the sector is responding to these challenges, and what the future of AI in the arts might look like.

Our first blog in the series is out now and focuses on the ethical considerations of AI use >>

This blog is the first of a series of pieces from JB on the topic of AI and its use in the creative industries. We will be exploring the environmental and ethical concerns arising from the use of this technology, how the sector is responding to these challenges, and what the future of AI in the arts...

02/06/2026

📣 Free 1-2-1 Arts Council England reporting support

Throughout June we’re offering 1-2-1 drop in sessions for NPOs and IPSOs to answer any questions and queries you have on reporting your environmental impact data on our Creative Climate Tools.

Our JB team will be on hand to provide advice on a range of topics, including:

🌱 Technical queries on how best to report your data
🌱 Support on how to improve data quality
🌱 Signpost you to useful resources to assist your sustainability journey.

With the ACE environmental reporting deadline looming on Friday 26 June, this is a great opportunity to get any advice you need to submit and share your data in time. No question is a stupid question!

We're here to help you take action. Sign up >> https://tinyurl.com/8pfpawv5